We must all face the choice between what is right and what is easy. – J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

Appear weak when you are strong, and strong when you are weak.
– Sun Tzu, The Art of War

Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional. – Haruki Murakami, What I Talk About When I Talk About Running

Greatreads

Great reads

What is the measure of a great book?

Perhaps the best articulation of what books do for the soul comes from one of the most influential writers of the 20th century; Franz Kafka, who said: “… we need the books that affect us like a disaster, that grieve us deeply, like the death of someone we loved more than ourselves, like being banished into forests far from everyone, like a suicide. A book must be the axe for the frozen sea inside us. That is my belief.”